Every time I watch Breaking Bad, once the closing credits roll, I let out this giant sigh that feels like I've been holding my breath for the entire episode.

Love Mike, because what's not to love? Gus scares the shiitake out of me. I looked up Giancarlo Esposito on Wikipedia and found out that he is Danish! I can never quite put my finger on his accent.

Also, I continue to be 1,000% in love with Jesse. I just want to put him in my pocket and tell him everything's gonna be okay (even though I know it isn't). Aaron Paul is such a brilliant actor. He looks so beaten down and world-weary. His last line in the episode sent chills up my spine.

Totally loved the way Jesse took control in the Mexican drug lab. I felt a little proud. It was definitely a turning point for Jesse-- the lab, then he actually manages to fire back during a shoot out, and finally gets in the driver's seat to drive Mike and Gus to safety. I liked bringing it all home again with poison, too. Perfect Breaking Bad irony that Gus is the one who ends up using the poison effectively, after all of Walter and Jesse's silly ricin-plotting.

Every time I watch Breaking Bad, once the closing credits roll, I let out this giant sigh that feels like I've been holding my breath for the entire episode.

Me too! My girlfriends and I have Breaking Bad night every Thursday, and we watch older episodes (we're ALMOST caught up!), but by the end of the episode, we're all like, "Whew...." And then we can all breathe. We were following episodes with a recorded episode of the latest season of True Blood each week....you know, to lighten the mood. But now that True Blood is over, there will be no relief from the Breaking Bad madness.

O.M.G. That was some crazy shitake. The last shot of Walter in the basement sent chills up my spine. I love the irony, and it's perfect that Walter can actually see the irony of what's happening to him.

PLUS he completely brought it on himself. Jesse had plenty of chances in Mexico to kill, or not save, both Gus and Mike. If Walter had thought ahead and kept Jesse as a strong ally, he probably could have convinced Jesse to act in Mexico. He eventually realized that as a cook Jesse was his greatest liability, because he could replace Walter in the lab, but only way too late.

I just went back and looked. Michael Ehrmantraut. Google tells me that a guy by that name wrote a philosophy textbook.

Anyway, holy shiitake, the last couple minutes of last night's episode were INTENSE. This season has flown by, and I don't want it to end! (Although I agree with it being bittersweet due to The Walking Dead)

Anyone else bummed that we didn't get to see more of Gus and Jesse's 6 mile walk through the desert? What on earth could they have talked about?

Anyone else bummed that we didn't get to see more of Gus and Jesse's 6 mile walk through the desert? What on earth could they have talked about?

Definitely. Maybe there'll be a flashback to it in the next episode? Also, I thought it was kind of random that they just walked into Hector's nursing home. Was that like on the back to Texas through the desert?

I predict that Mike is going to make a play in the last couple of episodes. He has been shot multiple times this season and I am sure is teatering at a breaking point. If I recall correctly he pointed his gun at Gus when Gus was taking care of Victor, maybe we'll come back to that. Atleast I hope Mike makes a power play.

Walt needs to dole out a few asparagus kickings before the season ends too, go Hisenburgh and blow the shiitake up in a major way.

I think Gus has to die in order for the show to stretch out one more season. That's not what I want (at all!!), but I think that's what's going to happen. Walt's back is totally against the wall right now, and his days of working for Gus are officially over. If Walt doesn't become the new Gus, I don't know where else the show can go. Of course, the writers are clearly smarter than me, so I'm excited to see what happens. But that's my prediction.

I really enjoyed it too, though I thought Ted's death a little "convenient." I know he's a coward and everything, but that was kinda a cheap and dumb part of the plot IMO. Otherwise I'd have given it a 10!

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